Aspandyar Gotla’s (pictured) 2023 translation into English of Bundehesh: History of Creation of the Gujarati text by Ervad Jivanji Jamshedji Modi published in 1901was accomplished after many years of trying to locate the earlier version. Modi had translated the ancient Persian story of creation from the original Pahlavi/Persian. Gotla eventually chanced upon Modi’s book in Navsari’s First Meherjirana Library and was fortunate to obtain a copy.
In his preface Gotla, a chartered accountant by profession, writes that most Parsis are not even aware of the existence of this gem in which the concept of creation has been explained from beginning......